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When or at what point do you switch from grower to layer?

I understand the foraging aspect, but are they eating the food off the ground that they kick? I did try to raise it, however they still stand there and kick at the air and peck. It seems they just stand there and peck it all out. After about two weeks of this I began a little hard love...

Any idea of the sturdiness of these? How is the space, do you use wood chips and/or hay? How easily will they go to a new home? (They are presently in a wooden coop, 3 hens, no roosters)

Is there a roost inside? Also, any food and water available inside? I have a plastic shed and with the hot sun, it has gotten brittle. How has this held up? Do you have any pictures?

Anyone have any experience with this coop? Looks good, but not sure about it.

We are going to put our hens (5) in the coop for the first time next weekend, they will be 6-7 weeks. The coop has an enclosed run. Do we still want to keep them "locked" in the coop only portion (no run) for that 1st week to train them where "home" is? And therefore we must put the food and...

Our hens are about 4-6 weeks old, growing fast. For the past 3 weeks we have created a temporary run outside and bring them out one by one for several hours of outside time. They seem to love it, however they do not like us picking them up to bring them there. They run from us, not wanting us...

Our 3 week old chicks seem to be itching themselves. They peck at them selves and seem to be picking at their feathers. Are they pulling out the fuzzy feathers, are they cleaning themselves, are they familiarizing themselves with the new feathers that are growing or do they have fleas, mites...

Thank you. I was going to set up the run and let them outside again today. Is it too much and should I wait till next weekend? Today there will not be any kids around.

We have about 2-3 week olds. We gave them their first day of play outside, about 4 hours in a little run. Then we put them back in their brooder. Then we had a surprise visit from my sister with her 2 kids. Of course they wanted to "play" with the baby chicks. After another 1-2 hours of...

When will it become totally obvious if we have a rooster? They were purchased sexed, but 1 seems different in looks and aggressiveness than the others. Any clues of what to look for will help greatly. They are only about 3 weeks old.

Question, is it normal for 2 week old or any age for that matter chick to try to jump out of the brooder? Or does this mean they are too confined or not happy in any way?

They are about 2 weeks old

We are new at raising chicks. We made the mistake of ordering a coop, believing our confirmation, getting the chicks and then getting notice that the coop is backordered. Probably 4 weeks delayed. Is this as big a disaster as I think?